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Month: April 2017

Happy Easter Everyone! The cross in the middle is for Jesus and two thieves on either side. All of should be like the one thief who asked and was granted forgiveness! The weather here in Colorado has been very interesting, normally April is the second snowiest month of the year. Not really … More Let’s Salute the Week

Synopsis Gone without a Trace is a thriller about a woman whose boyfriend has disappeared. However, no ever really disappears, some people just leave. However, when all of your boyfriends belongings have disappeared, he hasn’t been to work for weeks and for some reason no one knows this person. Did he ever exist? From the … More Blog tour: Gone Without a Trace by Mary Tojussen

Wendy Tyson is the author of the Greenhouse Mystery Series, the first of which, A Muddied Murder, was released in spring 2016 and Bitter Harvest which will be released in 2017. Synopsis Megan Sawyer gives up her big-city law career to care for her grandmother and run the family’s organic farm and café, where she … More Book Review: Green House Mystery Series by Wendy Tyson

Definition A pseudonym is defined as “A pseudonym or alias is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which can differ from his or her original or true name (orthonym). Pseudonyms include stage names and user names (both called screen names), ring names, pen names, nicknames, aliases, superhero identities and … More Why use a pseudonym?

Barbara Allan is the joint pseudonym of acclaimed short story writer Barbara Collins (Too Many Tomcats) and New York Times bestselling mystery novelist Max Allan Collins (ROAD TO PERDITION). They have joined forces to write Trash ‘n’ Treasures to write about Brandy Borne and Her mother Vivian. I have to wonder which author defined Vivian. The … More Book Review: Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mysteries Series by Barbara Allan

April! This is the month that I swear doesn’t know what it wants to do as far as weather is concerned. One day it wet, one day it is snowing, one day it is windy and one it ha all of the weather in the world. This week will be a interesting week, it will … More Let’s Salute the Week

I like my Kindle. My husband bought it for me for Christmas when they were first sold. I gave that one to my Dad and upgraded ever since that one. NO one paid me to write this post! I was diagnosed with cancer in 2009, the Kindle came to every medical appointment. I would read … More Definition of E-book: A Kindle

Carol Fardig mystery series which is published by Random House is based on two people who have known each other off and on, but have always worked together in a coffee-house. Except now, the coffee house has included murder in their mix. Death Before Decaf Synopsis Juliet Langley’s music career has crashed and burned in … More Java Jive Mystery Series by Caroline Fardig

This is Sybil Johnson, She is the author of an Aurora Anderson Mystery Series. Synopsis Aurora is a computer programmer who works out of her house in Vista Beach. The house is from her Grandma. Aurora seems to get into more trouble when she is helping her mother out. Fatal Brushstroke (#1) Aurora finds … More An Aurora Anderson Mystery Series by Sybil Johnson

This is pseudoymn of Nora Roberts. The story (or truth) goes that Ms. Roberts is such a prolific writer that she wanted to write more books, but based on her contract she was held to only a certain amount. Ms. Roberts and her literary agent decided to create a pseudoymn so that Ms. Roberts could … More JD Robb